LEADER 03642nam 22006135 450 001 9910741171003321 005 20230629191648.0 010 $a3-030-71952-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-71952-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6842597 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6842597 035 $a(CKB)20462134800041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-71952-4 035 $a(PPN)26915387X 035 $a(EXLCZ)9920462134800041 100 $a20220104d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGalileo Galilei?s ?Two New Sciences? $efor Modern Readers /$fby Alessandro De Angelis 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (193 pages) 225 1 $aHistory of Physics,$x2730-7557 311 08$aPrint version: De Angelis, Alessandro Galileo Galilei's Two New Sciences Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030719517 327 $aChapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Galileo's units -- Chapter 3 - Day One: First new science, which concerns the resistance of solids to fracture -- Chapter 4 - Day Two: What could be the cause of cohesion -- Chapter 5 - Day Three: Other new science, on local motion -- Chapter 6 - Day Four: The motion of projectiles -- Chapter 7 - Additional Day: The force of percussion. 330 $aThis book aims to make Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) accessible to the modern reader by refashioning the great scientist's masterpiece "Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences" in today's language. Galileo Galilei stands as one of the most important figures in history, not simply for his achievements in astronomy, physics, and engineering and for revolutionizing science and the scientific method in general, but also for the role that he played in the (still ongoing) drama concerning entrenched power and its desire to stifle any knowledge that may threaten it. Therefore, it is important that today's readers come to understand and appreciate what Galilei accomplished and wrote. But the mindset that shapes how we see the world today is quite different from the mindset -- and language -- of Galilei and his contemporaries. Another obstacle to a full understanding of Galilei's writings is posed by the countless historical, philosophical, geometrical, and linguistic references he made, along with his often florid prose, with its blend of Italian and Latin. De Angelis' new rendition of the work includes translations of the original geometrical figures into algebraic formulae in modern notation and allows the non-specialist reader to follow the thread of Galileo's thought and in a way that was barely possible until now. 410 0$aHistory of Physics,$x2730-7557 606 $aPhysics?History 606 $aScience?History 606 $aTechnology 606 $aHistory 606 $aHistory of Physics and Astronomy 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aHistory of Technology 615 0$aPhysics?History. 615 0$aScience?History. 615 0$aTechnology. 615 0$aHistory. 615 14$aHistory of Physics and Astronomy. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aHistory of Technology. 676 $a510 676 $a510 700 $aDe Angelis$b Alessandro$0255281 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910741171003321 996 $aGalileo Galilei's Two New Sciences$92584187 997 $aUNINA